Protestant ascendancy ends as doors opened
A fragment notes the voluntary opening of doors threatening the last shred of Protestant ascendancy. The text implies a seismic shift of power and social status tied to religious dominance.
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1869
Page
14
A fragment notes the voluntary opening of doors threatening the last shred of Protestant ascendancy. The text implies a seismic shift of power and social status tied to religious dominance.
Resolutions in favour of the Irish Church Bill are recorded from numerous public meetings and Presbyteries in Scotland England and Ireland. Delegations come from Aberdare Aberdeen Alnwick Accrington Audenshaw Blackburn Bandon Bridgwater Bradford Burnley Coventry Edinburgh Glasgow Manchester Leeds and more.
At St James's Hall on Wednesday night the National Reform Union held a public meeting to oppose Lords amendments to the Irish Church Bill and to back Mr Gladstone's full bill. Speakers attacked concurrent endowment and urged the government to pursue religious equality in Ireland with generous compensation while rejecting endowment.
A large enthusiastic audience gathered Wednesday night in the Lec Lecture Hall Newcastle. The spacious amphitheatre was crowded to the doors and hundreds left unable to gain admission. The event drew great public interest and concluded with strong turnout and attention.
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